“Matilda Lloyd’s halting, edgy trumpet solo was among the best I have heard in this work."

– Graham Rickson, The Arts Desk, NYO Mahler's 5th Symphony, 2014

“Displaying nerves of steel, Matilda Lloyd, set the juggernaut in magnificent motion with her doom-laden solo”

– John Allison, The Telegraph, NYO Mahler's 5th Symphony, 2014

“From her first difficult and cruelly exposed fanfare to her final notes, she played impeccably, with great assurance, a secure technique and a beauty of sound that some professional colleagues I have heard would wish they had.”

“Pursing her lips in preparation for the introductory fanfare of Mahler’s 5th Symphony must rank among the most terrifying moments of...Matilda Lloyd’s life, but her grace under pressure set the tone for a sublimely assured traversal of the work.”